Boy, 15, is charged with murdering his glamorous neighbor, 62, in her hot tub 'just to feel what it was like to stab someone'

A Texas teen who has been charged pinch murdering his neighbour successful her basking tub allegedly told constabulary he wanted to consciousness 'what it was for illustration to stab someone.'

The 15-year-old, who has not been identified owed to his age, is accused of sidesplitting Dana Magnuson, 62, astatine her Hockley home.

He was arrested 9 days aft Magnuson's assemblage was discovered successful her shed connected July 20.

'I'm conscionable numb,' Magnuson's boy Tyler Pitney said. 'The measurement my mom was murdered successful acold humor makes maine consciousness immoderate type of measurement I can’t moreover describe.'

Investigators judge Magnuson was attacked by nan teen successful nan basking tub earlier nan conflict moved to her location and yet her shed.

'There was still humor everywhere,' Pitney told FOX 26, adding that the boy was known to his mom and utilized to thief her pinch farming chores.

Once nether arrest, he told detectives that he wanted to spot what it felt for illustration to stab someone, sources told ABC 13.

He is presently being held astatine nan Harris County Juvenile Detention Center. 

Magnuson was a schoolhouse autobus driver and an avid marathon runner.

She was described arsenic a loving mother by her eldest son.

'My mom is nan astir beautiful person, some wrong and out. Anyone that knows her will show you nan aforesaid thin,' Pitney said successful a tribute post. 

'My extremity successful life was to bargain my mom her dream location and ne'er person her activity different time successful her life.

'My mom is nan champion mom ever and if you had nan pleasance to ever meet her aliases telephone her your friend past you cognize what I mean. She’s an angel and ever has been.'

The calamity is nan 2nd to deed Pitney's family, aft they mislaid his relative Gage to suicide.

Pitney and his different relative Zach person since group up a fundraiser to thief pinch ceremonial costs.

'My mom, my champion friend, my rock, my everything-was recovered brutally murdered successful nan backyard of her ain location while she was gardening,' Pitney wrote. 

'She near down her 2 sons, her beloved dog, Mickey, and SO galore different friends and group that loved her.' 

The GoFundMe has presently raised $2,642 toward its $25,000 goal.